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Summit Structures does some damage control

The company that built the practice facility in Dallas that failed under the stress of 70 mile-per-hour winds faces significant liability to the folks injured when the steel-and-tarp structure collapsed to earth.

The legal problems could increase dramatically if other customers fear that their own buildings could soon mimic the first two pigs’ houses, and in turn seek to force the manufacturer to upgrade the facilities to brick.

So it’s not surprising that Summit Structures is engaged in some serious damage control.

Per the Associated Press, Nathan Stobbe of Summit Structures has sent a letter to clients explaining that a new roof was applied to the building in 2008 not because of structural issues, but because the Cowboys didn’t like how the thing looked.

“Please be assured that your buildings have been designed, engineered and manufactured to meet or exceed all local applicable building codes,” Stobbe said in the letter.

Stobbe also writes that the roof was changed in 2008 “after discussions with the Cowboys organization to improve the aesthetics of the building and had nothing to do with structural issues.”

It’ll be interesting to see whether the Cowboys agree -- and whether any documents created at the time corroborate Stobbe’s contention.